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Shiva Purana

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उभयोरंतरं यो वै न जानाति मनो मम ॥ वामांगजो मम हरिर्दक्षिणांगोद्भवो विधिः ॥ ५६ ॥

Those who make any distinction between the two do not know my mind. Viṣṇu is born of my left limb. Brahmā is born of my right limb.

english translation

महाप्रलयकृद्रुद्रो विश्वात्मा हृदयोद्भवः ॥ त्रिधा भिन्नो ह्यहं विष्णो ब्रह्मविष्णुभवाख्यया ॥५७॥

Rudra who causes great dissolution and who is the soul of the universe is born of the heart. I manifest in the three forms, O Viṣṇu, known Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Bhava.

english translation

सर्गरक्षालयकरस्त्रिगुणैरज आदिभिः ॥ गुणभिन्नश्शिवस्साक्षात्प्रकृते पुरुषात्परः ॥ ५८ ॥

I am the author of creation, protection and dissolution by the attributes Rajas etc. But I am different from these Guṇas and directly beyond Prakṛti and Puruṣa.

english translation

परं ब्रह्माद्वयो नित्योऽनन्तः पूर्णो निरंजनः ॥ अंतस्तमो वहिस्सत्त्वस्त्रिजगत्पालको हरिः ॥ ५९ ॥

I am the supreme Brahman, the eternal, the endless, the perfect and the unsullied. Viṣṇu has Tamas within but Sattva outside. He is the protector of the three worlds.

english translation

अंतस्सत्त्वस्तमोबाह्यस्त्रिजगल्लयकृद्धरः ॥ 2-1-9-६० ॥

Hara who causes dissolution of three worlds has Sattva within but Tamas outside.

english translation